Posted by Amy Miller ▪ Monday, October 5, 2015 at 1:30pm10/5/2015 at 1:30pm

For all his faults, Vladimir Putin has managed to do the
impossible: by ordering rogue airstrikes on non-ISIS strongholds in
Syria, he has united the various rebel factions vying for power in
the region, and forced Barack Obama and Donald Trump to agree on
something.

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal ▪ Thursday, October 1, 2015 at 11:30am10/1/2015 at 11:30am

As President Obama told the UN General Assembly that the
principle of “might is right” was not the answer to the world’s
problems and then went on raising a toast to President Putin at a
luncheon on Wednesday, September 28, Russian Armed forces where
busy installing long-range air-defenses, claiming air
superiority...

Posted by Amy Miller ▪ Monday, September 28, 2015 at 6:15pm9/28/2015 at 6:15pm

Today before the United Nations General Assembly, Barack Obama
and Vladimir Putin sparred publicly over how their respective
nations have approached a solution to crises in Ukraine and Syria.
For both leaders, these speeches were an opportunity to regain
control of a spiraling military, security, and human rights
narrative that is...

Posted by Amy Miller ▪ Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at 3:42pm9/16/2015 at 3:42pm

Russia has been an important ally of Syria’s during the Assad
regime’s four year struggle to maintain its hold on power. Moscow
recently strengthened its support for the flailing Syrian military,
and on Wednesday, Russian media broadcast a roundtable-style
interview with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in which Assad
placed the blame...

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal ▪ Thursday, September 3, 2015 at 1:00pm9/3/2015 at 1:00pm

As if biting off a big chunk off Ukraine in Crimea wasn’t
enough, Putin is now putting Russian troops on the ground in Syria.
Counting on President Obama’s continuing Foreign Policy paralysis
on Syria, Russian army is reinforcing Dictator Bashar al-Assad’s
air and ground forces. Neither Russia nor Assad’s Syria have
any...

U.S. officials tell NBC News that Russia launched a
“sophisticated cyberattack” against the Pentagon’s Joint Staff
unclassified email system, which has been shut down and taken
offline for nearly two weeks....

Posted by Casey Breznick ▪ Friday, December 26, 2014 at 7:30am12/26/2014 at 7:30am

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas 1998.

Back in 1998, there was a resurgent US economy while Europe,
Japan, and emerging markets floundered. The dollar strengthened and
oil prices plummeted. We also had an embattled second-term
Democratic president with Republicans in control of both houses of
Congress.

Posted by Amy Miller ▪ Tuesday, October 28, 2014 at 5:00pm10/28/2014 at 5:00pm

Last year, U.S. Embassy officials in Russia made headlines after
reports surfaced that Embassy worker Ryan Fogle had been
publicly arrested and accused of espionage. Now, more U.S.
officials are coming forward with reports that Russi...